Mark R: 421 books
America's Healthcare Transformation
Strategies and Innovations
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
A revolution in American medicine is in full swing, with the race from fee-for-service to fee-for-value at the front line in an epic battle that will transform healthcare delivery for decades to come. In America’s Healthcare Transformation, eminent physician leader Robert A. Phillips brings together...
Do More Than Give
The Six Practices of Donors Who Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
How donors change the world through the six catalytic practices of high-impact philanthropy
Do More Than Give provides a blueprint for individuals, philanthropists, and foundation leaders to increase their impact. Based on Forces for Good, this groundbreaking book demonstrates how the six practices...
My Dog Spot
With Audio Recording
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
From Jack E. Levin, New York Times bestselling author of Malice Toward None, and his wife, Norma, comes a charming picture book about a boy and his beloved dog Spot.
White with black spots and a black circle around his left eye, Spot barks and chases cats and birds, chews on slippers and bones,...
Is the Good Book Good Enough?
Evangelical Perspectives on Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2010
The political emergence of evangelical Christians has been a signal development in America in the past quarter century. And while their voting tendencies have been closely scrutinized, their participation in the policy debates of the day has not. They continue to be caricatured as anti-intellectual...
A Place Called Home
The Social Dimensions of Homeownership
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Since the onset of the mortgage lending crisis and the subsequent Great Recession, there has been ongoing debate about the economic benefits of homeownership. Some say homeownership remains an important contributor to wealth creation, while others believe that renting is a less expensive and less...
Echo of Its Time
The History of the Federal District Court of Nebraska, 1867-1933
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Throughout its existence the Federal District Court of Nebraska has echoed the dynamics of its time, reflecting the concerns, interests, and passions of the people who have made this state their home. Echo of Its Time explores the court’s development, from its inception in 1867 through 1933,...
Power, Money, and Trade
Decisions that Shape Global Economic Relations
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
This book is an introduction to International Relations that uses examples from International Political Economy (IPE). It presents the theories and paradigms of International Relations in the context of the issues of trade, investment, and monetary relations. Largely it does so by developing historical...
The Maker Revolution
Building a Future on Creativity and Innovation in an Exponential World
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Become a force for change through community, access, knowledge, and innovation
The Maker Revolution is a guidebook to the new industrial revolution. Artisans, crafters, DIYers, and inventors around the globe are changing the way we change the world—are you ready to join the movement? This...
South Carolina Killers
Crimes of Passion
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Murder leaves no decade unscarred. In 1903, the lieutenant governor of South Carolina shot dead a local newspaper editor, in full view of witnesses. In 1944, George Stinney was marched to the electric chair, at age fourteen. In 1994, a mother made national news pleading for the return of her kidnapped...
by Dana Rowe, Mark R. Deaver
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2012
"Terror On Highway 46" Paso Robles, California: the present. A roadhouse has been built to feature Rockabilly bands from all over the country. The ambiance is of the 1950s: the old automobiles, Hot Rods, and the style and dress of Rockabilly.Young fans, basically females' bodies begin to...
At War
The Military and American Culture in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
The country’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its interventions around the world, and its global military presence make war, the military, and militarism defining features of contemporary American life. The armed services and the wars they fight shape all aspects of life—from the formation of racial...
by Mark R Hunter, Emily Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Named after Indiana's first US senator, Noble County was formed in 1836, just eight years after the first recorded white settlers arrived and 20 years after Indiana's formation. Settlements grew with transportation: a trail from Fort Wayne became the now-historic Lincoln Highway; the Sylvan Lake dam,...
Jimmie Foxx
The Pride of Sudlersville
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2005
While major league baseball gained popularity in large American cities at the beginning of the twentieth century, it was still relatively unseen by small town inhabitants who could only read about it in the newspaper or catch an exhibition game as major league teams traveled through the United States....
Destructive Creation
American Business and the Winning of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2016
During World War II, the United States helped vanquish the Axis powers by converting its enormous economic capacities into military might. Producing nearly two-thirds of all the munitions used by Allied forces, American industry became what President Franklin D. Roosevelt called "the arsenal...